title: Continuing professional development for surgeons.
abstract: With the introduction of revalidation, continuing professional development (CPD) is becoming an increasingly important part of a surgeon's professional life. There is minimal existing information describing the CPD practices and attitudes of surgeons to CPD. This review describes the current CPD expectations of the General Medical Council and the current CPD activities and attitudes of surgeons, based around the results of an on-line study performed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Surgical Sciences (Surgery), University of Edinburgh, UK-Leadership and Professional Development Centre, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, UK. grant.stewart@ed.ac.uk
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Teoh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pitts
authors.forename: O J
authors.initials: OJ
authors.lastname: Garden
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Rowley
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D013502:General Surgery / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D012606:Scotland